Hello,

My name is Almon Tang and welcome to my online Web & Graphic Design portfolio.

On this site, you will find examples of my current and previous work in the Web & Graphic Design field from 1997 to 2006.

You may navigate through my portfolio using the tabs and links below.

Please enjoy your stay.

Almon Tang
UI-UX Engineer, Web Specialist
www.almontang.com/portfolio
275 Scotts Valley
Hercules, CA 94547
530.219.1211 - (Cell)
almontang@hotmail.com

Summary

17+ years in web technology. Coding experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery, and PHP. Experience with various content management systems and frameworks.

Experience

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UI-UX Engineer
Business Wire Sep 2010 - Dec 2020 San Francisco, Bay Area

Coded and themed 200+ client newsrooms and investor sites using CSS, HTML, JavaScript/jQuery, and PHP on Drupal 6 and 8 platforms.
Built newsrooms seamlessly into client corporate sites.
Incorporated client template code to create pages that are responsive, adaptive and mobile friendly.
Collaborated with teammates to speed up site building to meet deadlines.
Increased productivity by using tools such as SASS.
Responsible for maintaining a helpful FAQ for frequently used CSS tricks and customized JavaScript to streamline site maintenance for the team.
Led several high profile site builds such as Synchrony, etc.
Communicated with clients, specialists and the QA team to ensure high quality of site builds.
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Web Operations Specialist
Business Wire Sep 2006 - Sep 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area

Maintained and managed content on www.businesswire.com
Managed News and Investor web content using Drupal CMS.
Responded to Technical Support Requests via JIRA and phone in a timely manner.
Assisted internal and external clients with questions relating to website services.
Troubleshot and diagnosed reported issues.
Documented issues in incident tracking database.
Reported bugs to QA and acted as escalation channel to Development.
Created and maintained knowledge base documents (Confluence).
On-call on weekend or as needed for support duties.
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Web Designer
Freelance 2004 - 2006 Davis, CA

Established a self-employed web design service at www.almontang.net
Acquire specifications from clients for web building requests.
Responsible for website maintenance by agreement after completion.
Led website design, coding, and creating graphics and layout.
Ensure detailed quality of photos, proof read & edit articles for errors.
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EDUCATION
B.S. in Computer Science, UC Davis - August 2001

Languages
Fluent in spoken and written Chinese-Cantonese. Knowledge in Chinese-Mandarin, Japanese, and Spanish.